31973R1653
No L 166/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 6 . 73
REGULATION ( EEC) No 1653/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 18 June 1973 temporarily suspending the autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff on a number of agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof ; The autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff for the products listed in the annexed tables Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ; shall be suspended at the level indicated in respect of Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia each of those products. ment ; These suspensions shall be valid : Whereas production in the Community of the products specified in this Regulation is currently — from 16 June 1973 to 14 February 1974 for the inadequate or non-existent and whereas producers are products listed in Table I ; thus unable to meet the needs of user industries in — from 1 July 1973 to 31 December 1973 for the the Community ; products listed in Table II ; Whereas it is in the interest of the Community in — from 1 July 1973 to 30 June 1974 for the certain cases only partially to suspend the autonomous products listed in Table III ; duties in the Common Customs Tariff because these — from 1 September 1973 to 31 March 1974 for the goods are produced in the Community, and in other products listed in Table IV. cases to effect total suspension ;
Whereas in view of the difficulty of accurately Article 2 assessing short-term trends in the economic situation in the relevant sectors, suspension measures should be taken only for temporary periods the length of which This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its is to be determined by reference to the interests of publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Community production ;
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
For the Council
The President
A. LAVENS
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ANNEX
Table I
CCT Rate of duty Description heading No (autonomous)
ex 03.01 B I m ) 2 Mackerel , fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, 5 % headless, or in pieces, intended for the processing industry ( a)
a) This suspension shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities .
Table II
CCT Rate of duty Description heading No ( autonomous)
ex 08.02 A II a ) and b ) Bitter or Seville oranges 8 %
09.10 C I Saffron, neither crushed nor ground 10%
ex 16.04 C Fillets of herrings, raw simply coated in 15% batter or bread-crumbs, frozen
ex 16.04 G Fillets of other fish, raw, simply coated 15 % in batter or bread-crumbs, frozen
Table III
CCT Rate of duty heading No Description (autonomous)
03.01 A I b ) Salmon , fresh , chilled or frozen total suspension
ex 03.01 B I e ) Piked dog-fish ( Squalus acanthias ), fresh, total chilled or frozen suspension
ex 03.01 Big) Black halibut ( Hippoglossus reinhard total tius), fresh , chilled or frozen suspension
ex 03.01 B I q ) Sardinops sagax sardinops ocellata (pil 8% chards ), fresh, chilled or frozen , intended for the canning industry ( a)
ex 03.01 B I q ) Sturgeons , fresh , chilled or frozen , in 8% tended for the processing industry ( a )
ex 03.02 A I c ) Anchovies ( Engraulis sp . p. ) salted or in total brine, in barrels or other containers of suspension a net capacity of 10 kg or more
03.02 A I e ) Salmon , salted or in brine, whole, head total less or in pieces suspension
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CCT Rate of duty heading No Description ( autonomous)
ex 03.02 A I f) Sprats, salted or in brine total suspension ex 03.02 A I f) Coalfish (gadus virens), salted or in 7%> brine, in immediate packings of a net capacity of : a) 47 kg to 57 kg inclusive and con taining at most 50 fish halves b ) more than 57 kg and containing at most 60 fish halves
ex 03.03 B I b ) Oysters weighing no more than 12 g total each suspension
ex 03.03 B I b ) Oysters of the 'crassostrea gigas' variety total weighing more than 100 g each suspension
ex 07.01 Q II Chanterelles 4%
ex 08.01 A Dates, in immediate packings of a net total capacity not exceeding 35 kg, for re suspension packing, under customs or equivalent ad ministrative control , for retail sale ( a)
08.08 C Bilberries 4%
ex 08.09 Rose-hips , fresh total suspension
ex 09.04 B I Paprika, ground, for use in animal total feedingstuffs ( a) suspension
ex 16.05 A Crabs of the ' King', 'Hanasaki', ' Kegani' total and ' Queen ' varieties, simply boiled in suspension water and shelled, whether or not fro zen , in packings of a net capacity of 2 kg or more, intended for the canning industry ( a )
ex 16.05 B 10% Shrimps and prawns other than those of the Crangon variety , boiled in water and shelled, whether or not frozen, in tended for the industrial manufacture of products falling within heading No 16.05 ( a )
23.07 A Fish or marine mammal solubles 2%
(a) This suspension shall be subject to such conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities .
Table IV
CCT Rate of duty heading No Description ( autonomous)
ex 03.01 Bid ) Sardines ( Clupea pilchardus Walbaum ), total fresh, chilled or frozen, whole, of a suspension length of 20 cm or more